Shimazaki, Satoko, <br/><br/>
Edo kabuki in transition :  from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost / 
Satoko Shimazaki. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 372 pages ):  illustrations. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction --  The birth of Edo kabuki --  Presenting the past: Edo kabuki and the creation of community --  The beginning of the end of Edo kabuki: Yotsuya Kaidan in 1825 --  Overturning the world: the treasury of loyal retainers and Yotsuya Kaidan --  Shades of jealousy: the body of the female ghost --  The end of the world: figures of the ubume and the breakdown of theater tradition --  The modern rebirth of kabuki --  Another history: Yotsuya Kaidan on stage and page. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231540520 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kabuki--History--19th century.<br/>Japanese drama--History and criticism.--Edo period, 1600-1868
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN2924  / .E365 2016